Historia natural, o, Jardín americano
Subtitle: manuscrito de 1801
By: fray Juan Navarro.
Contributors: Biblioteca Nacional de México.
Edition: 1. ed.
Publisher: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social; Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado
Published: 1992
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: spa
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Herbals -- Latin America.; Medicinal Plants -- Latin America.
Other titles: Historia natural.; Jardín americano.
Description: "Facsimiles of almost 500 color illustrations of useful Mexican plants as originally presented by Fray Navarro in 1801. Modern text includes Náhuatl, Spanish, and scientific names, medicinal uses; and in some cases, plant habitats of the plants"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jardin americano, unpublished manuscript held in the Biblioteca Nacional is part five, the only remaining manuscript of the Historia natural written by Navarro and includes an index to his second part; it follows up on work produced earlier by Francisco Hernández from 1571-1577 and Francisco Ximénez, 1615.